more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria s next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were peacefully protesting a church burning when they were attacked by people they describe as thugs. christians say egypt s military rulers aren t doing enough to protect them. it s a very volatile situation, and many critics say it s not helped by the actions, for instance, of state-run tv which last night called upon what it called honest egyptians to come down and join the army in fighting against
that americans have a different attitude now? i mean, we saw him in his speech before the congressional black caucus saying you need to work harder, you ve got to march with me, take off your bedroom slippers slippers, put on your marching shoes, in the meantime, america has gotten soft, and he says to our audiences, as byron york points out today, i never promised you easy, if you wanted it easy you wouldn t have campaigned for me. it s like the attitude. it s not me, it s the attitude of the american people. it s one of the reasons his poll numbers are at all-time lows now. it is one of the reasons that there is a growing sense that we can t tolerate anymore of this nonsense. this president has been the most self-indulgent leader in my career of this country. he uses the first person reference incessantly. no president has ever used as many first person references in states of the union messages. it s incomprehensible. megyn: what about exactly,
tack take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. take it off. stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying, we re going to press on, we ve got work to do. . jon: president obama giving a fiery speech to the cbc, congressional black caucus at the awards dinner last weekend. congresswoman maxine waters, who has been critical of president obama s handling of unemployment had choice words of her own. i found the language a bit curious because the president spoke to the hispanic caucus, and certainly didn t tell them to stop complaining and he would he never say that to the gay and lesbian community, who really pushed him on don t ask
republican party. what janeane garafalo has to say? the and they were all, they could use her to smear all liberals, what one liberal happens to say, ridiculous. jon: time for a break, for the media topics of the week go to fox news website, a number of of stores we d like you to see, judy miller s talk on an underlying journalism class which suggests less supporting of jihad. a highly controversial topic and judy has an answer. up next, obama s speech to black leaders, was it a hit or a miss with the media. . put on your marching shoes. president obama delivers a call to action. speaking to leaders of the black community. in the media, did his message hit the marks or did his fiery words fizzle? words fizzle? the the answer [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now.
tack take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. take it off. stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying, we re going to press on, we ve got work to do. . jon: president obama giving a fiery speech to the cbc, congressional black caucus at the awards dinner last weekend. congresswoman maxine waters, who has been critical of president obama s handling of unemployment had choice words of her own. i found the language a bit curious because the president spoke to the hispanic caucus, and certainly didn t tell them to stop complaining and he would he never say that to the gay and lesbian community, who really pushed him on don t ask